Here are just some of the reasons why Barack Obama supporters should vote for Lim Guan Eng instead:

1. Just like Obama, Lim Guan Eng is the candidate of change.

2. The Democratic Party is truly an international party, and, just as foreign citizens have every right to vote in U.S. elections, Democrats have every right to vote in Malaysia's elections too.

3. Lim's party, the Democratic Action Party, is only one word off from the Democratic Party. Close enough!

4. The DAP might be even further left than Obama, being a member of the Socialist International (dapmalaysia.org/newenglish/int_solidarity.htm). Barack Obama is not a member of the Socialist International, as far as I know.

5. Teresa Kok Suh Sim (dapmalaysia.org/newenglish/au_l_n.htm)

6. The USDP's (U.S. Democratic Party) symbol is a tired old donkey. The DAP has a nifty, Space Age logo: a rocket (dapmalaysia.org/newenglish/au_sr.htm).

7. Unlike the donkey (or the plodding elephant), the rocket actually means something:

The blue circle stands for the unity of the multi-racial people of Malaysia.
The white background stands for purity and incorruptibility.
The red rocket symbolizes the Party's aspiration for a modern, dynamic and progressive society.
The four rocket boosters represent the support and drive given to the Party objectives by the three major races and others

8. The rocket's as dynamic and forward-looking as the DAP. As shown here, it can be morphed into a friendly, smiling, anthropomorphic figurine. Obama has no such symbol.

For those reasons and more, I urge you to vote for Lim and not Obama.